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Part of a propaganda banner which reads, "Prevent and reject the Church of Almighty God's cult invasions", is seen at an outdoor exercising court, in Puyang, Henan province, China, in this file picture taken January 12, 2012. The founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, banned fortune telling and superstition in puritan, communist China after the 1949 revolution, but the occult has made a comeback since the still officially atheist country embraced economic reforms and began opening up in the late 1970s. One of the many "cults" the government has banned in recent years, is the Church of Almighty God, called not only for the "slaying of the red dragon" Communist Party, but also predicted the end of the world in 2012. Picture taken January 12, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA